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H. LEINEWEBER. BICYCLE PUMP HOSE ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Dec. 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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HERMAN LEINEWVEBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE LEININGER, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Il'o. 624,664, dated. May 9, 1899. Application filed December 10, 1898| Serial No. 698,841. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN LEINEWEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Chicago,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Pump-Hose Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to an improvement in the connecting means for use in attaching a pump=hose to the valve-casing stem of a pneumatic tire.

My object is to provide a construction of attachment whereby an air-tight union between pumphose and tire valve may be formed handily and with less danger of loosening the valve or the valve-attaching tube than has hitherto attended the action of screwing on the hose-coupling, as incident to the structure of the coupling. a

My improved coupling is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view showing the coupling applied to a valve of common construction, and Fig. 2 represents a slightlymodified form of the coupling as applied to a different form of valve.

A is the valve-attaching tube, which is cemen ted or otherwise suitably joined to the tire.

B is the valve-casing, within which is the common upwardly-seating valve 0, held by a spring C. The lower part of the valve-casing preferably fits within the attaching-tube and is secured thereto by a binding thong or ring t. The casing is provided with an exteriorly-threaded upwardly-projecting stem B.

The union or attachment comprises a tub ular part D, provided centrally of its length with an external flange 8 and, fitting against the under surface of said flange and in a retaining-groove s, with a Washer 8 of leather, rubber, or other suitable joint-sealing material, an interiorly-threaded sleeve E, which screws onto the stem B and fits loosely about the flange 8, above which itis provided with an internal annularflange 0', which fits loosely about the upwardly-proj ectin g portion of the tube D and bears at its upper surface upon the flange s, and a tubular attaching-stem F, secured rigidly to the upper end of the tube D and in communication therewith. The stem F is preferably at substantially a right angle to the tube D and serves to receive the adjacent endof the pump-hose G, which latter is securely fastened thereto'bya thong or wire wrapping p.

It will be observed that with the aboVe-de= scribed construction the tubular part D, of which the stem F is a continuation or exten= sion, does not rotate with the nut E. Heretofore it has been the practice to make the part having screw connection with the valvecasing stem rigid with the hose G. Such a construction is unsuitable to its purpose for In Fig. 2 the construction is modified slightly to suit a different form of valve. Here the washer s and the downwardly-projecting portion of the tube D are dispensed with, the lower end of the. part D being concaved to receive the conical upper end of the valve-casing stem B.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- The combination with a valve-casingpro vided with a threaded stem, of a tubular part D provided with an annular shoulder, a sleeve E threaded to fit said stem and provided with an annular shoulder, and a tubular stem F rigid with and substantially at right angles to the part D and in communication therewith, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' HERMAN LEINEWEBER. In presence of D. W. LEE, R. T. SPENCER. 

